A siege at the Splendid Hotel in Burkina Faso’s capital is over, with 126 hostages freed, Internal Affairs Minister Simon Compaoré has confirmed.

Operations at the nearby Yibi Hotel are also over.

Security forces had been trying to establish whether or not some of the attackers were hiding there.

At least 23 people have died, of 18 different nationalities, africanews correspondent Salouka Boureima confirmed.

The toll differs to one given by Gilles Thibault, France’s ambassador to Burkina Faso. He tweeted that 150 people had been rescued from the site of the attack and 27 people had died. It is unclear whether the latter figure includes the attackers who were killed.